Настоящая история мадам Баттерфляй

Trudno naĭti cheloveka, neznakomogo s si͡uzhetom znamenitoĭ opery Dzhakomo Puchchini 'Madam Batterfli͡aĭ'. I͡Aponskai͡a pisatelʹnit͡sa Reĭ Kimura vosproizvodit ėtu istorii͡u v pervoĭ chasti svoego romana, no lishaet ee tragicheskogo kont͡sa: byvshai͡a geĭsha, rodivshai͡a syna ot amerikanskogo morskogo ofit͡sera, ne pogibaet, a prodolzhaet zhitʹ v nadezhde uvidetʹ svoego syna, kotoryĭ vzrosleet v dalekoĭ Amerike.Dozhdetsi͡a li ona osushchestvlenii͡a svoeĭ mechty? Kakie sobytii͡a v ee zhizni proiskhodi͡at za dolgie gody tomitelʹnogo ozhidanii͡a? Ob ėtom pishet Reĭ Kimura v svoem gluboko trogatelʹnom i iskrennem povestvovanii, zastavli͡ai͡a chitateli͡a soperezhivatʹ stradai͡ushcheĭ materi do samogo finala.

It is difficult to find a person unfamiliar with the plot of Giacomo Puccini's famous opera "Madame Butterfly". Japanese writer Rei Kimura reproduces this story in the first part of her novel, but deprives it of a tragic ending: a former geisha who gave birth to a son by an American naval officer does not die, but continues to live in the hope of seeing her son, who grows up in distant America.Will she wait for her dream to come true? What events in her life occur during the long years of tedious waiting? This is written by Rei Kimura in his deeply touching and sincere narrative, forcing the reader to empathize with the suffering mother until the very end.